Turbulent (S87)

Turbulent is the 317th submarine built and completed at Barrow Launched by Lady Cassidiy, wife of Admiral Sir Desmond
Cassidiy, Commander in Chief Naval Home Command (designate)

HMS Turbulent is the second Royal Navy submarine to bear the name. The first was a T Class submarine launched in 1941 which
served during the Second World War until she was sunk by a mine near to the Maddalena Archipelago off Sardinia in 1943.

HMS Turbulent was built by the Vickers shipbuilding company in Barrow-in-Furness, was commissioned in 1982, and has been
commanded by thirteen captains.

The boat undertook a number of patrols from the North Atlantic to the Far East, including service in the Adriatic during the
Balkans conflict.

On April 16 in 2003 HMS Turbulent was the first Royal Navy vessel to return home from the war against lraq. She arrived in
Plymouth flying the Jolly Roger after launching 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles

In May 2010 it was reported that HMS Turbulent had been at sea with a potentially serious safety problem. Safety valves
designed to release pressure from steam generators in an emergency were completely sealed off when the nuclear hunter killer
left port, a leaked memo disclosed. The problem went undelected for more than two years, during which time the vessel was on
operations around the Atlantic, and visited Bergen in Norway, the Portuguese capital Lisbon, and Faslane naval base near
Glasgow.

Commanding Officer from 2000 to 20100 had been Commander Ryan Ramsey who holds the US Meritorious Service Medal. Turbulent
left Devonport in February 2011 for a 10 month deployment, her final before decommissioning. The deployment saw her operating
in the Gulf of Sidra relieving HMS Triumph during the Libya intervention. She was then herself again relieved by Triumph.
before heading through the Suez Canal to take up patrol in a longer than normal 268 day successfull deployment the Indian
Ocean.

The decommissioning event provides a memorable opportunity to officially decommission Turbulent from her fleet
life. It's an opportunity for me to offer my and the Royal Navys gratitude for the hard work the men of Turbulent
have provided me and my predecessors over recent years. The submarine has had an active and successful career, fundamental to
the defence of the United Kingdomm

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SSN Group 4b Specification

Primary Roles

Anti-submarine/surface vessel warfare

Secondary Roles

Land attack (optional), Minelaying, Designed for littoral, deep sea or world-wide deployment.

Length overall

91.7m

Beam

10.4m

Draught

10m (max)

Displacement

6,000 tons (surface)

6,500 tons (submerged)

Diving Depth

over 300m

Speed

Submerged 32 knots (design)

No. of shafts

1

Reactor

1 Rolls Royce PWR-2

Turbines

2 GEC Turbines

Generators

2 WH Allen turbo generators, 2 Paxman diesel alternators (2,800 hp)

Power

15,500 shp

Endurance

90 day patrol

Propulsion

Pump jet propulsor

Armament

Five 533mm missile tubes

Total of 38 weapons

Sub Harpoon missiles (SSM)

Spearfish torpedoes

Tigerfish torpedoes

Tomahawk missiles (SLCM)

Mines (in lieu of torpedoes)

Countermeasures

2 x SSE Mk 10 Launchers for Type 2066 and 2071 decoys

ESM; Racal UAP 3, passive intercept

Navigation

Kelvin Hughes Type 1007

Combat Data Systems

BAeSEMA SMCS

Weapons Control

Dowty tactical control system SAFS 3 FCS

Sonars

Marconi/Ferranti Type 2076 integrated suite with reelable towed array

Complement

108 (12 officers) + 12 spare

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